Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue catfish are invading Maryland waterways and posing a serious threat to native species. Yet, how is it that one species of ...

Photo Credit: iStock In Maryland, a new Chesapeake Bay giveaway is tying invasive species removal to public recreation by offering free fishing trips. The plan is meant to do two things at once: ...

Catfish guide Justin Conner of Milton, West Virgina, was fishing the Kanawha River in Putnam County on May 9 with his fiancé, Tabitha Linville. They had caught their own bait that morning for a client ...

A few years ago, when I made regular trips to the Baltimore waterfront to fish for rockfish, several people stopped to ask the same question: Are they safe to eat? My answer: “I don’t know. I’m not a ...

A study by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggests that continued warming of Atlantic coastal waters may enhance the spread of invasive blue catfish within the ...

Chef Zack Mills has aimed for environmental balance in his craft for decades, but now with invasive blue catfish potentially threatening a Chesapeake Bay staple, blue crabs, the cook has another item ...

The blue catfish was never supposed to be in the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, the species was introduced into the James River in Virginia as a trophy fish. From there, it quietly slipped into the Bay ...

With its gaping maw, a blue catfish is a voracious predator as well as a scavenger. NOAA Invasive blue catfish are a big problem in the Chesapeake Bay. Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists have worked to rebuild for years. From mussels and menhaden to oysters ...

FISHERMEN ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SAY THEY STARTED CATCHING BLUE CATFISH ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AND NOW THEY’RE BECOMING A BIG PART OF THE SOLUTION. OKAY. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR FISHING ON THE ...

A 15-year-old girl from New Richmond may have broken an Ohio state record on Sunday, April 7, for the largest blue catfish, with the monster weighing in at a whopping 101.11 pounds. "He was bigger ...

PRATT, Kan. (KCTV) - New regulations have been introduced to encourage Kansas anglers to seek out blue catfish at certain reservoirs. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has announced that ...